Tuesday, March 20, 2012

For the Chocolate Lover

Last summer our family vacation was a cruise...we had a wonderful time...especially while eating :)

This dessert was not on the menu every night but you could special request it and our oldest son did just that...as in two of them...each night...cruise staff just aim to please!
He also orders this every time we eat at Chili's.
We all get a spoon and not a word is spoken until the last crumb is scooped from the plate.
If you speak, you may lose a bite....and that is just not happenin' in this family!

Chocolate Molten Cake


I bought my ramekins from Wal-Mart...good ole Wal-Mart...if you can stand it, you can find things for cheap like ramekins....

Double-boiler

The main, and oh so important ingredients, butter and chocolate....
my recipe called for bittersweet chocolate, but, this is what I had so semi-sweet it is!

Some good ole vanilla...

After you beat the eggs and sugar for a couple of minutes, add the vanilla...
hehe...is just getting better huh?

Get a 1/2 cup of flour ready...

After the butter and chocolate have melted, I added the sugar, egg, vanilla mixture, stirred it around...such bubbly heaven there...

Add the flour, mix until smooth and pour evenly in ramekins...which have been heavily buttered...
EVEN BETTER!!!

It only takes 15 minutes to bake...during this time you can get caught up on a beautiful book you have been dying to look through...

Then.... Chocolate Heaven
with of course vanilla ice cream...


May I just warn you...
This is RICH....
of course...that has never been a problem for me...
which may be my problem with keeping weight off my behind....
but, a girl has gotta live, right!

Here is the link to the recipe I found and used

Enjoy and worry about the big butt tomorrow :)

Mandy

Saturday, March 17, 2012

IN THE MIDDLE

of EVERYTHING!!!

So much going on, nothing finished....
I am in the middle of several projects....I am not sure when or how this happened...
It seems like this happens every few months...I am just rolling along then, oh crap...
I have too many things NOT FINISHED!!! 

This blog has suffered because of this and I was going to be a better blogger this year!!!

Here, I am in the middle of a tailered, box pleated bedskirt and pillow shams...


My foyer is the only spot in the house that is big enough to lay out the fabric and cut...this is starting to get a little taxing on my back and knees...I have an idea for a bigger sewing space...hmmm, that will probably have to wait because so many others things need to be out of the space I want to claim.
I will keep you posted on that...


Here is a fabulous window treatment....in progress....
There will be sheers, swags, panels, and a pleated valance all in one treatment
It will be FAB. U. LOUS.
The client already ordered and received the bedding from Bella Notte...a fabulous bedding line that I absolutely Loooovvveee!!
Can you say fabulous?


I will be installing the window treatment when finished so I will take pics and let you enjoy the "gorgeousness" of this guest bedroom!!!


Then...the Duncan Phyfe couch......


 
Oh, I sooo hope I can bring this beauty back to life again....


Here she is...
stripped down to her bare bones



So far...
I am 50 bucks and 1 million removed staples and tacks into it....
Next step...
Refinish the frame....
And here is my inspiration photo...
I so apologize that I do not have a source for this photo...I had saved it to my computer knowing that I would refer back to it several times because I JUST LOVE IT!!!



So many after pics soon to come...Lord, I hope.....
I HAVE to finish something!!!

Mandy